Jinasena

Jaina monk

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history of Jainism

  • Tirthankara
    In Jainism: Early medieval developments (500–1100)

    The monk Jinasena, for example, wrote Sanskrit philosophical treatises and poetry with the support of the Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha I. An author in Kannada and Sanskrit, Amoghavarsha apparently renounced his throne and became a disciple of Jinasena in the early 9th century.

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